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The psy-trance contingent, meanwhile, also make an
impression on the chart, with Solar System new at
No.85 and Astral Projection fresh at No.94.
Back in the house!
Though dominated by trance, several new house
DJs have entered the poll. After Deadmau5’s
extraordinary performance, the next highest house
cat is Joachim Garraud. Known previously as David
Guetta’s producer, the French DJ’s profi le went
through the roof in 2008 thanks to tireless gigging.
Dutch electro dude Laidback Luke also makes his poll
debut, no doubt helped by his imaginative new style,
blending the fi dget funk of artists like Diplo with big
room house to stunning effect.
Despite an overall lack of junglist DJs in the poll, two
major players represent the genre to the hilt. Ram
Records main man Andy C snags the Highest Drum &
Bass DJ, zapping 17 places to No.50, while DJ Hype is
Ali Shirazinia, has taken his deep minimal techno Soviet state. And although the names might not be
up 11 to No.71.
incarnation to new heights, blasting into No.30 as a instantly familiar, scratch beneath the surface and
The two most renowned pairs of Parisian noise
new entry under his solo moniker. you’ll discover that Bobiba in particular is massive in
specialists, meanwhile — Daft Punk and Justice —
He stunned all and sundry last year with his new dark his home territory.
again make respectable showings, with the robotic
underground direction, tracks like ‘Roadkill’ and ‘Rib DJmag Poland, too, has clearly made its impression
duo at No.38 and the leather-clad electro rockers
Cage’, and uncompromising DJ sets, and in the last felt, rallying the trance troops to ensure that Polish
at No.73. Daft Punk’s showing is all the more
few months he’s taken his style to the next level with DJ Tiddey blasts in as a new entry at No.81.
remarkable in that they only performed once this
storming sets at Cocoon, amongst others.
year for a live performance at the Grammy Awards.
Other techno types to do well this year include
New Wave
Ricardo Villalobos (up 13), Richie Hawtin (up 4)
Trance has always fared well in the DJmag Top 100. Like last year, no breaks DJs have dented the poll
and Brazil’s Anderson Noise, who is up 28 places to
But whereas last year’s poll was characterised by once again with the hard dance scene also woefully
No.26, no doubt assisted by the rallying efforts of
an infl ux of techno DJs, this year brings a trance absent: only Lisa Lashes appears, the only woman in
our fi rst sister publication, DJmag Brazil.
tsunami crashing into the poll, as a new wave of the poll bar techno queen Magda.
genre champions contribute to a massive resurgence.
The infl uence of our sister magazines has been felt
Egyptian duo Aly & Fila are new showings, while Love it or loath it, the Top 100 DJs poll is a snapshot
elsewhere too. Bobina and fellow countryman DJ
Adam Sheridan, Sean Tyas, John O’Callaghan and of a DJ’s worldwide popularity and visibility. Check
Feel are the fi rst Russians to ever break into the
Simon Patterson all enter the poll for the fi rst time. out this year’s results in full and let the heated
poll following the arrival of DJmag Ukraine, which
Kyau & Albert are up 35 places to clinch this year’s debate begin…
has drummed up votes from across the former
Highest Climbers award.
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